The first phase of a street improvement project along Roosevelt Street between Central Avenue and Fourth Street is inching closer to its tentative start date of June 9. The city of Phoenix held an informal gathering Thursday night to inform the public about the upcoming construction.
Bud’s Glass Joint, a shop specializing in smoking products located on First Street just north of Roosevelt Street, fell victim to a robbery early Wednesday afternoon. An iPad valued at $300, which the store used as a credit card machine with a Square card reader, was stolen off of a display case inside the store.
Rusty Stuart, 26-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, leads the Misdemeanor Repeat Offender Program, which differentiates homeless people who may be in need of social services from criminals.
A multistory development project that would require one member of each household to be older than 55 will receive city funding after City Council voted 8-1 to allocate funds to the project, to the dissent of some community members.
